Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad
From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
Date: | Monday, October 20, 2003, 21:44 |
--- JS Bangs <jaspax@...> wrote:
> Costentin Cornomorus sikyal:
>
> > > > (3) in my opinion, Ill Bethisad has moved
> > > > into a direction I don't prefer.
> >
> > You think you're alone in this opinion?
>
> I'm curious as to what aspects of Ill Bethisad
> displease you.
What makes you think I'm displeased!? If I were
displeased, I wouldn't continue with it at all,
and I would have gotten out a lot sooner.
> The
> "direction" that I have mostly noted is an
> expansion of its geographical
> purview (looking into Asia and the Americas
> more) and an infilling and
> elaboration of its history. These both seem
> like Good Things to me.
Yes; they are Good Things. It's been a wonder to
watch happen!
> There
> is becoming less room for "mythical" elements
> like elves, but this is an
> incidental trend that could probably be
> reversed.
Actually, there was nèver room for mythical
elements as reality. In other words, IB wouldn't
work if we'd grafted it onto Middle Earth.
IB exists in the same physical reality our Earth
does, only it went down the right leg while our
reality went down the left leg.
> I've long been interested in doing a part in
> Ill Bethisad, but haven't had the chance.
Oo! When you have a chance, please keep it in
mind! Naturally, you'd be welceom. Or, you could
work on something in the FI timeline; there's
another interesting project.
Padraic.
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